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Me thinks Manfred is not to be poked at, Mike.
His work, in this arena, is to us what Chaplin is to Carrot Top.
Manfred: We're all ears here.
David,Who is John Galt?Comment
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Stop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!Comment
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Low Pressure Blower, Low Pressure Blower, Low Pressure Blower, Low Pressure Blower...nah nah nah........:)Comment
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Technically if your Snorting, you are running the Diesel engine hence Snorkeling. We don't say "Prepare to Snort on all main ballast tanks" or "Commence a Snort on all MBT's", we say "Prepare to place a Low Pressure blow on all main ballast tanks" and "Commence a Low Pressure Blow on all MBT's" We also say "Prepare to snorkel", "Commence Snorkeling". "Prepare to Snort" and "Commence Snorting" just don't have the same ring.
There you go Dave.....someone to back up your positionComment
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Well, once a while to be poked at is good to think outside the box, as David mentioned before there is some experience under the belt with compressed air systems.
I'll explane some features, it's all driven by a 12 V compressor, it works automaticly from 1 untill 6 Atm, controlled by a home made pressureswitch.
To tackle the common problem of unnoticed low pressure at the buffertank i've added a extra feature to the pressureswitch, which means in practice, at 1,5 Atm all valves used for diving are blocked, at 2 Atm they will be set free, it's calculated in such way that this amount will get the inlet of the compressor above the surface of the water.
Since the ballasttank contains a volume of 1,5 liter this will be more than enough to get the boat at the surface.
Only problem with compressed air systems, is the complexity, i've chosen it because i also run the scopes with air, also wanted to approach the real boat as close as possible.
With using compressed air you always run a high and low pressure system, 6 Atm high pressure at the buffertank and 1,5 Atm low pressure at the component side, this is be done by using a special valve which reduces the pressure from 6 to 1,5 Atm.
To avoid that the hull will be cracked during a airleak i use the same compressor inlet with a floating device, allowing the compressed air to escape the boat during such a event.
As you can see it will take some effort to build such a system, but once in working order it never failed me for 25 years in the same boat, i do have to mention i've allways build my boats as a dry hull, so room is not a problem, if someone gets the same system inside a regular WTC tube i will be really impressed.
Greetings Manfred.I went undergroundComment
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Manfred, your boats are a whole different class!!!
Mike - A55Next time someone points out it takes 42 muscles to frown, point out it will only take 4 muscles to b1tch slap them if they tell you how mnay muscles you need to smile:popComment
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Only in the last year or so have I been aware of Manfred's work. Since then I've been on the lookout for his posts -- the most innovative, skilled, and complete discussions I've ever seen on the topic.
David,Who is John Galt?Comment
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OK Guys, stop poking feathers into my *ss, i do sit down at some times, like normal mortals.
Greetings Manfred.I went undergroundComment
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LOL. OK.
David,Who is John Galt?Comment
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Yes, I think the Wizard is losing it. Where's all that vinegar and spit we all enjoyed so much? All we get these days is this sloppy 'Ooooh! Isn't that lovely!" stuff.
Never mind about feathers up the bum, I think he needs a thistle or something. Am I the only nasty one around now? Do I have to bear this burden alone? It's not fair.Stop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!Comment
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John Slater
Sydney Australia
You would not steal a wallet so don't steal people's livelihood.
Think of that before your buy "cheap" pirated goods or download others work protected by copyright. Theft is theft.
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GRRRrrrrr......Who is John Galt?Comment
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